{"id":9167,"date":"2025-11-19T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=9167"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:00:48","slug":"vayigash-then-judah-approached","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/vayigash-then-judah-approached\/","title":{"rendered":"VaYigash [Then Judah Approached]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>10-11)&nbsp;<strong>When the Creator created the world,<\/strong>&nbsp;He made the lower world as the upper world. He did everything one opposite the other, where each detail in the lower world has a corresponding root in the upper world, and this is His glory above and below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And He created man over everything, to contain and complement all the details of creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11)&nbsp;<strong>Since man is the purpose of the whole world and its perfection.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16-17)&nbsp;<strong>And these three degrees\u2014&nbsp;<em>Nefesh<\/em>,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Ruach<\/em><\/strong><strong>,&nbsp;<em>Neshama<\/em>\u2014are included in those who have been rewarded with the work of their Master.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is so because first, one has&nbsp;<em>Nefesh<\/em>. This is a holy correction for people to be corrected in. Since man comes to be purified in that degree, he is corrected to be crowned with&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>. This is a holy degree that is on the&nbsp;<em>Nefesh<\/em>, for that man who has been rewarded to crown himself with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he ascends in&nbsp;<em>Nefesh&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>&nbsp;and comes to be corrected in the work of his Master properly, then&nbsp;<em>Neshama&nbsp;<\/em>is upon him, a superior, holy degree that governs everything, so he would be crowned in a degree of sublime holiness. And then he will be whole in everything, whole from every side, rewarded with the next world and the Creator\u2019s loved one, as it is written, \u201cTo endow those who love me with substance.\u201d \u201cThose who love me\u201d are those with a holy&nbsp;<em>Neshama&nbsp;<\/em>in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27)&nbsp;<strong>Here, faith is&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Nukva&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>because when the desire is revealed and the unification is crowned in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>ZON&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>as one, the two worlds,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>ZON<\/em><\/strong><strong>, connect together and are assembled together.&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is to open the treasure and bestow, and the&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Nukva&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>gathers and collects the abundance into her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>41)&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>By wisdom did the Lord establish the earth.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;When the Creator created the world, He saw that it could not exist because the world was created under the domination of the left line,&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>does not shine without&nbsp;<em>Hassadim<\/em>. Hence, it could not exist until He created the Torah, the middle line.&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;is called \u201cTorah\u201d; it includes the two lines\u2014right and left\u2014in one another, so&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>was included in&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>and then&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>illuminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From it, from the middle line, arrive all the upper and lower conducts, in which the upper and lower persist. This is why it is written that&nbsp;<em>HaVaYaH<\/em>, meaning&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, middle line, establish the earth by wisdom, meaning He established the earth with wisdom because He clothed the&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>in&nbsp;<em>Hassadim&nbsp;<\/em>and the illumination of&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>could exist in the world. Every existence in the world exists in&nbsp;<em>Hochma&nbsp;<\/em>and everything stems from it, as it is written, \u201cIn wisdom have You made them all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>61)&nbsp;<strong>Happy are the righteous, whose closeness to each other brings peace to the world<\/strong>&nbsp;because they know how to unite the unification and to make nearness, to increase peace in the world. As long as Joseph and Judah were not close to one another, there was no peace. When Joseph and Judah drew close together, peace increased in the world and joy was added above and below while Joseph and Judah were brought closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>62-63)&nbsp;<strong>The Creator created the world and made man its ruler, to be king over everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And from this man, several kinds part in the world\u2014some are righteous, some wicked, some are fools, and some are wise. All four kinds exist in the world, rich and poor, so they will be purified and do good to one another. 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